Coverage of air cargo related news including freight forwarders, airlines, airports and more
| February 19, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $1 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants to Laurence G. Hanscom Field in Massachusetts to fund rehabilitation of an aircraft parking apron, and reconstruction of the taxiway lighting.
| February 19, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports
| February 19, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines
| February 19, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines
Qatar Airways lifted its stake in British Airways parent IAG SA, tightening its grip on the European group after expansion in the Gulf was thwarted by a Saudi-led embargo.
| February 18, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines
Boeing Co. is inspecting more than 400 stored 737 Max jets after discovering debris such as tools or rags left in the fuel tanks of several newly built but undelivered aircraft.
| February 18, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines
| February 18, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines
| February 17, 2020 | Air Cargo | General
| February 17, 2020 | Air Cargo | General
Reflecting the overwhelming volume of single-lane front-haul charter and spot traffic, Frankfurt to Shanghai is up an enormous 193% from normal freight capacity price (up to $2.78/kg, roughly reflecting a mix of full charter and urgent spot prices).
| February 17, 2020 | Air Cargo | Technology
| February 17, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, has bolstered its global handling partnership agreements with dnata, one of the world’s largest air service providers.
| February 17, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters
Volga-Dnepr Group continues to operate charter flights into China despite the current disruption to the air freight market.
| February 16, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines
China’s three largest airlines reported declines in January passenger traffic because of the coronavirus outbreak, with the shortfalls likely to deepen this month as the epidemic continues to disrupt travel for millions of people.
| February 14, 2020 | Air Cargo | Charters
| February 14, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines
Aeroflot Open 2020, an international chess festival sponsored by Russia’s flagship airline, will take place on 18-28 February at the Cosmos Hotel in Moscow. Now in its 18th year, the competition is one of the longest established and most popular in the world, bringing together every year an impressive line-up of participants.
| February 14, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines
The giants of aviation left the Singapore Airshow with little to brag about, but someone ended up with one of the hottest deals in town: a couple of boxes of hand sanitizers.
| February 13, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines
The novel coronavirus has broadsided the aviation industry, particularly at its epicenter in China. Tens of thousands of flights in and out of the country have been canceled or removed from schedules completely as airlines cut capacity to try to survive the crisis.
| February 13, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters
LATAM Cargo, the leader in air cargo transportation to, from, and within Latin America, today announced, more than 210 LATAM Cargo Boeing 767-300 freighters took off from Colombia and Ecuador, carrying 12,600 tons of flowers for the 2020 Valentine’s Day season.
| February 13, 2020 | Air Cargo | Charters
Leading aircraft charter company, Air Charter Service, has said that it has been inundated with requests for charters relating to the travel disruption caused by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus throughout China and Asia.
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